Tanya Oram

This will allow people to consider individual planning applications in broader contexts – of sustainability or social mobility, say – or understand the trade-offs and implications inherent in making changes to part of a development.

This should send a strong message to the construction industry.This shift is coming.

We've already seen other sectors - entertainment, retail, music - being disrupted over the last 25 years.Rather than resisting the process, the big players of the construction industry need to acknowledge the reality of where we’re heading.They should be evaluating the types of opportunities this will create and figuring out how to shape themselves in order to take advantage of those opportunities.

They need to work out how to address the vast, global market that’s on the way.We are now starting to see people considering these issues.. P-DfMA for the future.

From the aging demographic to the impact of COVID-19, the challenges facing the construction industry have never been starker.

This reality, coupled with a climate crisis the construction industry is significantly contributing to (producing 39% of global carbon emissions), means that we are faced with an urgent need for action.We should be installing this new system soon..

Converting offices to labs.This is something else we’re looking at – or designing the mechanical and electrical engineering systems in new office buildings so that they are flexible enough to change usage later.

Obviously, there’s a challenge in thinking about ceiling heights and so on, but mostly the complexity is around air exchange.In an office, you aim for one and a half air changes per hour, whereas with laboratories, because they've got lots of safety cabinets and other devices, we have to look at 10, 15 or even 20 changes an hour in some places.